moongoldJun 18
Neatnik

Doing a little email experiment, hopefully a fun one! If you send an email to [email protected], two things should happen:

  • You’ll receive a reply with the email that the previous person sent (the last email before yours).

  • The next person to send an email will receive the message that you sent.

    • Your identity isn’t shared (only the subject and body). Hopefully nobody will be a jerk and ruin this (the reply footer has instructions for reporting abuse).

    Anyway, have fun!

    Jun 17 at 1:51amWeb
    Show threadNeatnikJun 17

    The idea was inspired by a blog post by @cabel that I read ~17 years ago and have thought about far too often since. 😅

    http://www.cabel.name/2009/09/kashiwa-mystery-cafe.html

    cabel.name: Kashiwa Mystery Cafe

    Show threadKungFuDiscoMonkeyJun 17
    @neatnik @cabel Hahaha, how funny! Seems very non-japanese (I live in Japan 😆)
    Sent an email to test and look forward to seeing what message I get 🙃
    Show threadBinaryDigit Jun 17
    @neatnik Oh heck this email made my day! 🥺
    Show threadScott KingeryJun 17
    @neatnik this is a really interesting idea! Downside so far, reply ended up in my spam foldeer.
    Show threadNeatnikJun 17
    @techlifeweb Out of curiosity, do you mind sharing any of the spam related headers from the reply? (No worries if you can’t or are busy or whatever!)
    Show threadScott KingeryJun 17
    @neatnik any good way to get them to you? Not sure about pasting them here
    Show threadNeatnikJun 17
    @techlifeweb You can email [email protected], yeah! I really appreciate it!
    Show threadScott KingeryJun 17
    @neatnik I'll try to get to this after work tonight
    Show threadNeatnikJun 17
    @techlifeweb No worries and genuinely no rush!
    Show threadTerrorBite 🦁Jun 17

    @neatnik very cool!

    I wanted to send a message of positivity, but I suck at writing things like that, so instead I sent one of @Bwee 's messages of positivity, specifically, this one:
    https://meow.social/@Bwee/116721336553564785

    🩵 Bwee the Fluffdragon 🩵 (@[email protected])

    You are an absolute miracle. Think about how rare life is. Think about how rare a sentient species is. Think about how unique you are, how special you are. Think of how many people have come before you, none exactly like you. So many things had to align to make you exist, here, now, but... here you are. You are priceless, and worthy of all the love you could ever receive. We are all so lucky, so blessed to have you here with us, and those whose lives you've touched will always be grateful for you. All life is precious. Including yours. And you deserve to feel proud to have made it this far. Thank you for reading, friend. May you always feel how special and amazing you are, and may you find plenty of smiles in your travels. 🩵🩵🩵

    meow.social - the meowstodon instance for creatures fluffy, scaly and otherwise
    Show thread🩵 Bwee the Fluffdragon 🩵Jun 17
    @TerrorBite @neatnik 🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵 :)
    Show threadamdJun 17
    @[email protected] I love this, sent one and got a fun "reply".
    Show threadRomain PoucletJun 17
    @neatnik this is really cool! What are you using on the backend to make this work?
    Show threadNeatnikJun 17
    @Palleas Postfix piping inbound mail to fully custom PHP scripting. 😅 Working on a few different email utilities/toys. We also have [email protected] for email testing/troubleshooting. Hoping to launch a third one tonight!
    Show threadRomain PoucletJun 17
    @neatnik I think I already told you a while ago, but I love to see people doing cool stuff with PHP, even if I don’t use it any more. Plus I love playing with emails, so this is very exciting to see 😄
    Show threadRomanxJun 17
    @neatnik this is awesome, I hope whoever gets my mail enjoys it. Thank you for building something so awesome